WEBVTT
ETHING BAD HAPPENS TO
SOMEONE, THEY COME TOGETHER IN
PRAYER AND THEY TAKE ACTION.
BISHOP ROGER FLOYD IS VISITING
LAST ROOMS.
-- CLASSROOMS.
INCLUDING A TEACHER WHO HAS NOT
YET RETURNED AS SHE CONTINUES TO
RECOVER FROM INJURIES.
>> ANY STEELERS FANS?
REPORTER: THEY ARE PROUD OF THE
RESPONSE OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> IT IS HER MARKABLE HOW THEY
COME TOGETHER
.
IT WAS A SOMBER SPIRIT.
AND ALSO VERY HOPEFUL.
>> THEY WITNESSED SOME OF THE
PANIC AND FEAR.
HE SAYS THE KIDS SHOWED REAL
STRENGTH.
>> THE KIDS WERE REALLY GREAT.
THEY WERE SUPPORTING EACH
OTHER
AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE.
GREAT FOR THE CHILDREN THAT
WITNESSED THE TRAGEDY.
GIVE THEM HOPE AND COURAGE.
>> PRAYER APPEARS TO BE WORKING.
THE PARISHIONER IS TAKING
POSITIVE STEPS.
>> THERE ARE MIRACLES AND THE
FAMILY CAN SHARE THAT WITH US.
ASK HE IS PRAYING FOR
THEM AND
ASKS FOR THEIR PRAYERS.
IN NICE ENDING TO AN IMPORTANT
VISIT.

The Rev. Roger Foys, bishop of the Diocese of Covington, says he is proud of the community at Immaculate Heart of Mary after a tragedy that rocked the Burlington, Kentucky, school.

"It's remarkable how they've come together from the very first moment that this happened. II was out here for Mass that night, and it was a somber spirit and also very hopeful. You could tell this is a family. It's a family," said Bishop Foys.

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The school and parish came together after a partial building collapse injured several chaperones from Immaculate Heart of Mary, (IHM).

The group was winding up a field trip more than a week ago when bricks toppled from a building onto the sidewalk as the chaperones were walking past.

Foys said he was touched by the reaction of the children when he arrived near the scene of the accident and how they were supporting one another. "It was wonderful to see," he said.

Foys visited classrooms at IHM after celebrating Mass with the students and staff. He prayed with them and also asked them to pray for him and encouraged them to keep the prayers coming for those injured and those who witnessed the accident.

WLWT learned that the most seriously injured chaperone, Valerie McNamara, is showing signs of improvement.

"So we feel like there have been some real miracles that have happened, and her family has shared that with us, so we just keep praying," said IHM pastor Father Nick Rottman.

To help the McNamara family, friends started Valerie's Prayer Angels. The group will focus on supporting the McNamara family emotionally with prayers, physically with home-cooked meals and hospital visits and financially with medical bills, recovery and rehabilitation from her injuries.

A basketball camp fundraiser is scheduled Oct. 16 in Florence. Xavier head men's basketball coach Chris Mack will be hold camps for boys and girls grades 3 through 6.